Organizing Committee of 27th ISHC Congress Chairperson: Shuji Akai (Osaka Univ.) Honorary Chairperson: Yasuyuki Kita (Ritsumeikan Univ. / Osaka Univ.) Vice-Chairpersons Satoshi Obika (Osaka Univ.) Yoshiji Takemoto (Kyoto Univ). Kiyosei Takasu (Kyoto Univ.) ISHC President: Masayuki Inoue (Univ. Tokyo) ISHC Advisory Board: Satoshi Shuto (Hokkaido Univ.) Senior Fellows: Kaoru Fuji (Kyoto Univ.) Kunio Ogasawara (Tohoku Univ.) Tohru Fukuyama (Univ. Tokyo) Masakatsu Shibasaki (Inst. Microbial Chem.) Shunichi Hashimoto (Hokkaido Univ.) Takayuki Shioiri (Nagoya City Univ.) Tamejiro Hiyama (Kyoto Univ.) Kohei Tamao (Toyota Physical Chem. Research Inst.) Toshio Honda (Hoshi Univ.) Kiyoshi Tomioka (Kyoto Univ.) Masataka Ihara (Tohoku Univ.) Hisashi Yamamoto (Chubu Univ.) Shoichi Kusumoto (Osaka Univ.) Yoshinori Yamamoto (Tohoku Univ.) Shunichi Murahashi (Osaka Univ.) Junichi Yoshida (National Inst. Tech. Suzuka College) Shinji Murai (Nara Inst. Sci. Tech.) Committee: Keiichi Ajito (Meiji Seika Pharma Co.) Atsushi Nishida (Chiba Univ.) Takahiko Akiyama (Gakushuin Univ.) Nagatoshi Nishiwaki (Kochi Univ. Tech.) Kazumasa Aoki (Daiichi Sankyo Co.) Yutaka Nishiyama (Kansai Univ.) Shin Aoki (Tokyo Univ. Sci.) Akiya Ogawa (Osaka Pref. Univ.) Isao Azumaya (Toho Univ.) Sensuke Ogoshi (Osaka Univ.) Naoto Chatani (Osaka Univ.) Hiroaki Ohno (Kyoto Univ.) Noritaka Chida (Keio Univ.) Shigenori Ohkawa (Japan Tobacco Inc.) Ikuo Fujii (Osaka Pref. Univ.) Takashi Ohshima (Kyushu Univ.) Koichi Fukase (Osaka Univ.) Masaaki Omote (Setsunan Univ.) Shiroh Futaki (Kyoto Univ.) Osamu Onomura (Nagasaki Univ.) Toshiyuki Hamura (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.) Akira Otaka (Tokushima Univ.) Masahiko Hayashi (Kobe Univ.) Masami Otsuka (Kumamoto Univ.) Yoshio Hayashi (Tokyo Univ. Pharm. Life Sci.) Tomohiko Owada (Univ. Tokyo) Takamitsu Hosoya (Tokyo Med. Dental Univ.) Hironao Sajiki (Gifu Pharm. Univ.) Takashi Ichikawa (Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.) Hiroaki Sasai (Osaka Univ.) Kazuaki Ishihara (Nagoya Univ.) Shigeki Sasaki (Kyushu Univ.) Yoshiharu Iwabuchi (Tohoku Univ.) Yoshihiro Sato (Hokkaido Univ.) Hideaki Kakeya (Kyoto Univ.) Norio Shibata (Nagoya Inst. Tech.) Fumitoshi Kakiuchi (Keio Univ.) Tetsuro Shinada (Osaka City Univ.) Kiyomi Kakiuchi (Nara Inst. Sci. Tech.) Mitsuru Shindo (Kyushu Univ.) Akio Kamimura (Yamaguchi Univ.) Ryo Shintani (Osaka Univ.) Toshiyuki Kan (Univ. Shizuoka) Takeshi Shiota (Shionogi & Co.) Motomu Kanai (Univ. Tokyo) Ryuichi Shirai (Doshisha Women's College Liberal Arts) Nobuhiro Kanomata (Waseda Univ.) Eiji Shirakawa (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.) Tadashi Katoh (Tohoku Med. Pharm. Univ.) Mikiko Sodeoka (Riken) Takeo Kawabata (Kyoto Univ.) Hiroyuki Suga (Shinshu Univ.) Tetsutaro Kimachi (Mukogawa Women's Univ.) Takeshi Sugai (Keio Univ.) Masayuki Kirihara (Shizuoka Inst. Sci. Tech.) Takumichi Sugihara (Niigata Univ. Pharm. Applied Life Sci.) Shinji Kitagaki (Meijo Univ.) Naoki Sugimoto (Konan Univ.) Osamu Kitagawa (Shibaura Inst. Tech.) Michinori Suginome (Kyoto Univ.) Masato Kitamura (Nagoya Univ.) Kunihiro Sumoto (Fukuoka Univ.) Mitsuru Kitamura (Kyushu Inst. Tech.) Toshiaki Sunazuka (Kitasato Univ.) Hiroshi Kogen (Kitasato Univ.) Keisuke Suzuki (Tokyo Inst. Tech.) Yoshinori Kondo (Tohoku Univ.) Takanori Suzuki (Hokkaido Univ.) Takashi Kubo (Osaka Univ.) Katsuya Tagami (Eisai Co.) Takuya Kumamoto (Hiroshima Univ.) Hideyo Takahashi (Tokyo Univ. Sci.) Munetaka Kunishima (Kanazawa Univ.) Takashi Takahashi (Yokohama Univ. Pharm.) Tomohiro Maegawa (Kindai Univ.) Hiromitsu Takayama (Chiba Univ.) Naoyoshi Maezaki (Osaka Ohtani Univ.) Jun Takeuchi (Ono Pharmaceutical Co.) Keiji Maruoka (Kyoto Univ.) Osamu Tamura (Showa Pharm. Univ.) Kazushi Mashima (Osaka Univ.) Masahiro Terada (Tohoku Univ.) Seijiro Matsubara (Kyoto Univ.) Yoshito Tobe (Osaka Univ.) Masato Matsugi (Meijo Univ.) Hidetoshi Tokuyama (Tohoku Univ.) Yuuji Matsushima (Astellas Pharma Inc.) Kazunori Tsubaki (Kyoto Pref. Univ.) Satoshi Minakata (Osaka Univ.) Katsunori Tsuboi (Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co.) Hideto Miyabe (Hyogo Univ. Health Sci.) Masayoshi Tsubuki (Hoshi Univ.) Kazuyuki Miyashita (Osaka Ohtani Univ.) Masanobu Uchiyama (Univ. Tokyo) Atsunori Mori (Kobe Univ.) Hiroaki Ueno (Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.) Yuji Mori (Meijo Univ.) Yasuhiro Uozumi (Inst. Molecular Sci.) Yoshiki Morimoto (Osaka City Univ.) Akimori Wada (Kobe Pharm. Univ.) Toshiaki Murai (Gifu Univ.) Takayuki Yakura (Toyama Univ.) Masahisa Nakada (Waseda Univ.) Makoto Yasuda (Osaka Univ.) Makoto Nakajima (Kumamoto Univ.) Hideki Yorimitsu (Kyoto Univ.) Seiichi Nakamura (Nagoya City Univ.) Takehiko Yoshimitsu (Okayama Univ.) Kazuhiko Nakatani (Osaka Univ.) Executive Committee: Masayoshi Arai (Osaka Univ.) Koji Morimoto (Ritsumeikan Univ.) Mitsuhiro Arisawa (Osaka Univ.) Kenichi Murai (Osaka Univ.) Toshifumi Dohi (Ritsumeikan Univ.) Takashi Osawa (Osaka Univ.) Takashi Ikawa (Osaka Univ.) Kenzo Yahata (Osaka Univ.) Tetsuya Kajimoto (Ritsumeikan Univ.) Takao Yamaguchi (Osaka Univ.) Naoyuki Kotoku (Ritsumeikan Univ.).